IRAQ: Aid agencies unable to enter Samarra (Blocked by US Troops)

[leftchick]

More war crimes...

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/bab2ce96945f1f76d6cafe03fd40722e.htm

BAGHDAD, 22 March (IRIN) - Aid agencies say thay have been prevented from entering the city of Samarra, in central Iraq, where a major US and Iraqi military operation is underway.

"Our convoys sent on Sunday and Monday have been prevented from entering the city by US troops and our information from inside is that families are without food, power and potable water, particularly because they cannot leave their homes," noted Abdel Hameed, a spokesperson for the Iraqi Red Crescent Society (IRCS).

This, they say, has left hundreds of families without medical assistance and food supplies.

"Innocent people and especially children are suffering from a lack of supplies in and on the outskirts of Samarra," said Muhammad al-Daraji, Director of the Monitoring Net of Human Rights in Iraq (MHRI).

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"We have been informed that they are taking the men for interrogation and leaving women and children alone in their homes afraid and desperate for supplies," al-Daraji added.

[bullimiami]

1. rounding up the men for interrogation?

why does the bush version of "freedom" seem so much like anyone elses totalitariansim?

[leftchick]

3. you got it!

who says he isn't hitler?

[Critters2]

9. Why do you hate Samarra?!

:sarcasm:

[shadowknows69]

4. Or ethnic cleansing

They did this in Fallujah. Let the women leave but all men of fighting age had to stay in the city before we assaulted it.

[MisterP]

8. maybe we'll be merciful with Samarra and leave them one hospital

and TEN whole buildings standing

[LynnTheDem]

2. War crime.

Period.

Oh wait...I forgot. It's OK for USA to violate the Geneva Conventions. It's just everyone else that has to abide by them. Duh me.

[Judi Lynn]

5. These poor people are unlucky enough to inadvertantly stand between

American neo-cons and their gratification in controlling the entire world.

Apparently it's a small price for everyone else to pay, giving them actual control of our whole world.

[The_Casual_Observer]

11. Or between cheney and all that oil.

Take your pick.

[HuffleClaw]

6. its criminal

'taking the men for interrogation' ? ALL the men? yeah, that'll win 'em support for sure. what a disgrace.

[saigon68]

7. "FREEDOM IS ON THE MARCH"

shouted the lazy brain dead CHIMPANZEE

[leftchick]

10. AND WEARING JACKBOOTS!

god bless ameriKa. :(

[saigon68]

14. LOL

What a day :-) :-)

[ConcernedCanuk]

12. Fallujah revisited - same game, different city

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Proliferating genocide under the guise of "democracy"

[daleo]

13. Sick and dying in the streets

"Dr Ibraheem Mahmoud, a clinician at the emergency department of the local hospital in Salahuddine governorate, said that they have received telephone calls from inside the city from residents who spoke of dead bodies in streets and injured people without assistance.

"They were desperate and cannot be taken out from there. According to the information we have women and children are also victims," Mahmoud added. "Children are reported to be falling ill with chronic diarrhea and serious stomach problems"."

It sounds like a description of New Orleans too.

[sarcasmo]

15. Am I the only one who think this sounds like NOLA.

[bluedog]

16. Tal Afar; war crimes in Bush’s dystopia

Bush lied about this "city" also............read this article........


Approximately, 5,000 American and Iraqi troops sealed off the city, enclosing it behind a massive wall of sand with military checkpoints. Then the city’s people were forcefully evacuated leaving them to fend for themselves. The Red Cross was overwhelmed by the magnitude of the exodus and was unable to provide shelter, water, or food for many of those who fled. Regrettably, thousands of people chose to stay and withstand the withering assault rather than expose themselves to the Shiite death squads from the Interior Ministry who were operating in conjunction with the American forces. The city was then relentlessly pounded for more than a week by Abrams tanks, F-16s, helicopter gun-ships, and heavy artillery. At least four mosques were bombed and the Sarai area was hammered persistently with 500 and 1000 lb bombs. The Iraqi newspaper Azzaman reported, "Eyewitnesses spoke of 'scores of casualties due to indiscriminate bombing".

The entire operation was conducted in relative secrecy because the people in the United States were more focused on the unfolding Katrina tragedy.


plenty more http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m21779&hd=0&size=1&l=x

also for daily news ..this is an excellent Iraq site

http://dailywarnews.blogspot.com/


people .we are getting lied to on a daily basis...........truth be it...real reporters can't get in some places and the military has the say what is told